Lot 128 D

An American Pop Art white metal and enamel brooch pendant "Modern Head".

Auction 1252 - overview Cologne
14.11.2024, 14:00 - Jewellery and Watches
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 6.804 € (incl. premium)

An American Pop Art white metal and enamel brooch pendant "Modern Head".

Enamel plaque with polychrome pop art style depiction of a stylised woman's head. Hallmarked on the reverse: Facsimile signature "R. Lichtenstein", "1968 Roy Lichtenstein for Multiples Inc.". 7.0 x 6.0 cm. Weight 57.49 g.
Roy Lichtenstein, New York. Execution: Multiples Incorporated, New York, 1968.

This brooch is also available in a black and silver version.

Literature

See Venet (ed.), From Picasso to Jeff Koons, The Artist as Jeweler, Milan/London, 2011, p. 172. See also a copy in the exhibition catalogue Jewelry as Sculpture as Jewelry, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 1973, no. 60.